D6.1 Dissemination and Communication Plan

This report, "Dissemination and Communication Plan” summarizes the channels, methods, means
and activities that are planned to maximize the impact of the DECICE project through continuous
dissemination and communication operations and adds to D6.3 “Online and Media Prescence”. The
dissemination efforts of the project comprise identifying the target groups and stakeholders in the
context of the DECICE project and subsequently the planning, performance and reporting of all
dissemination activities. In addition, the DECICE project will include stakeholder analyses to identify
all relevant stakeholders, their interests and motivations related to the project. Further, it will include
networking and cooperation with other EU funded projects by organizing joint meetings and
workshops and attending third party events, conferences, workshops, and stakeholder meetings to
disseminate the project’s results as well as writing peer reviewed articles for publication on the
project’s results. Several training workshops and hackathons will be organized that illustrate how to
use the DECICE solution. Finally, it will include establishing KPIs to evaluate the effectiveness of the
dissemination activities. The plan will outline the specific messages for the different stakeholders
(e.g., benefits that the project provides to each stakeholder) and the specific communication channels
used to deliver them, such as website, social media, newsletters such as events and publications. This
task implies also the organization and implementation of a final networking event, which will bring
together members of the consortium, expert and advisory board, representatives of the R&D
community, industry organizations and decision makers. The event will be an adequate forum to
discuss the conclusions of DECICE and ensure its sustainable exploitation beyond the funding period.
To ensure the high impact of the DECICE project, all partners are actively involved in the dissemination
and exploitation activities and such responsibilities are shared between the consortium partners.